The armed idealogues in control of our country have done it immense damage. I pray that, in 2008, our democratic process and the American people will rise to the occasion and find a better way. As for now, the leaders of the USA have lost their path in an overpowering and self-righteous fog of vitriol sprayed at those who disagree with them. There is an elephant in our collective living room, and no-one is calling or identifying it–although John Edwards made a start today.